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What city do you live in? I currently live in Atlanta Georgia. I moved away for about 8 years but I moved back home to Georgia about 3 years ago.

What’s your occupation? I have worked for Villain Arts for almost 12 years! And I do quite a few different things for VA!

You will always see me greeting tattooers during set up.

You will always see me greeting tattooers during set up. Making sure the vendors get to their correct booth assignment. You might find me at the box office selling tickets and wristbanding the public. I also might be selling you event T-shirt’s or working in the artist area. There are other things I do for the company but they are far less exciting!

What do you do in your free time? I have two little girls that I spend a good portion of my free time with. I also love to go to the gym and work out.

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What was your 1st tattoo? The kanji symbol for princess. It was covered about a year after I got it done.

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There are other things I do for the company, but they are far less exciting!

Who does your tattoos? Since I work for Villain Arts, I am afforded the opportunity to be tattooed by some of the most amazing artists around. Phil Colvin is currently working on my back. He owns Memorial Tattoo here in Atlanta. My bestie Charles Rouse, works at Lucky’s North Hampton and I have quite a few pieces from him. I also have a bunch of work from my good friend Ozzie Perez who works at Philadelphia Eddies Chinatown.

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Future tattoo plans? My boyfriend is a super talented Tattooer from Los Angeles, Danny Vasquez, and I am (patiently) waiting for him to do a piece on the back of my right thigh. I also really want to get tattooed by Ben Thomas from Liberty Tattoo in Atlanta. His artwork is so incredible. Cody Reed of Black Flame Ritual in Michigan is going to finish my neck and I am really hoping that Jymi Calkins and Flipshades will do a collab together on my head.

Describe your 1st Villain Arts show. My first villain arts show was the Philadelphia show in 2009. I had just started working for Troy. My first jobs for him were judging contests with Chris Longo, the mayor of tattooville, and putting the trophies and plaques for contest winners together.

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That was back when the Philly show was still held at a hotel. There was a huge biker fight that year. It was intense to say the least. Everyone also got snowed in at the airport that year.

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